Syllabus

Basic physics of fluids
- the continuum hypothesis
- concept of fluid element or fluid parcel
- definition of a fluid
- shear stress
Fluid properties
- viscosity
- thermal conductivity
- mass diffusivity
- other fluid properties
- equation of state
Flow phenomena
- flow dimensionality
- steady & unsteady flows
- uniform & non-uniform flows
- viscous & inviscid flows
- incompressible & compressible flows
- laminar & turbulent flows
- rotational & irrotational flows
Euler equation and Navier-Stokes equation
Qualitative description of turbulence, Reynolds number

References